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OMG, have you guys seen this video? I am slightly traumitized right now from wathcing it. The driver was not paying any attention at all! Probably looking at his phone. So terrible.
https://jalopnik.com/video-shows-driver-in-fatal-autonomous-uber-crash-was-l-1823970417
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I'd hate to say it but this was bound to happen as the testing expanded. I mean, over 3000 people die every day globally in car accidents. 1.3M a year. US alone - 37,000 deaths a year. That's more than a 100 a day.
http://asirt.org/initiatives/informing-road-users/road-safety-facts/road-crash-statistics
So the question is basically, how wide spread is Uber's AV testing? Is this statistically significant?
it doesn't look like the Uber car attempted to stop at all. I have to say, I think a human driver would have been able to at least make a reaction.
This woman driver was obviously on the phone. Looking down, trying to avoid that interior camera she knows is there.
Well, the idea that the women 'just stepped out' or 'came out in a flash' into the car path is clearly false. Who's to blame the driver or Uber? both?
I still say both, that driver had a job and he was probably on his phone. Uber created the car and put it on the road "without" a driver, so if the technology failed, Uber is to blame.
That video is INTENSE! A real driver definitely would have been able to spot her, this should have been avoided.
I know, I am still shaking. I agree, if the driver was looking he would have seen her.
What was this lady doing crossing a two lane highway in middle of a night? In traffic court, it matters where this happened. A driver wouldn't expect a pedestrian on such a big highway. Of course, it definitely comes to how much attempt was made to avoid the collision. Doesn't look like much of that happened..
Did Uber play with this video's contrast? Yes, it looks like this person came out of the darkness, but when I drive, I can see much farther out than that. It looks like this car has a headlight pointed way down at the road or something.
Real news or Fake news?